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'hb ittJTv,0,CiTHEBEAVERHERALD.j4 "I V -t'VOLUME I.BEAVER, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1895.NUMBERS,-rt?"mrt thQar .CURRENT COMMENT.A moTftST against tho denudation oftho forests of tho country for railroadties has been sent to tho department of..the interior.Tub Chicago civic federation reportsthat there are 00,000, victims of thoopium habit in that city and 100 placeswhere opium is smoked.It was estimated in ofllcial circlesthat tho income tax would yield about8.10.000,000 tlds yeai and that about300,000 persons and corporations willhave to pay it.Tiir National Itaseliall leaguo seasonof 1605 wlllopon on Thursday, April18, according1 to the schedulo which'resident "Young bus prepared and willsubmit for approval to the next leaguemeeting. y'' . . . ..It has been discovered thai 24,000.001spurious silver dollars aro In circulationin Spain. The coins aro of full mintweight and fineness. Tho Spanish olllcials say that tho dollars aro made InFranco and America.Tnrcitr. aro about 1,300 Indians in thoOsage tribe, and the government holdsin trust for them tho bum of SS.SCO.OCO,or over ?0,.r00 per head. Nevertheless,they are supported at public expense,Hlco so mauy destituto persons.The agricultural department atWashington has issued a bulletin tofarmers informing them how to feedstock. The department has estimatedthat up to last-November upwards of40,000.000 bushels of wheat had been fedto their animals by the farmers.TilK country's uet exports of gold in1894 amounted to a little over $81,000,000. This was the heaviest loss of thometal ever sustained by tho UnitedStates in a singlo year. Thus far In1805, however, tho gold exports havebeen greater than thoy were in thesamo time In 1801.Timr.n was a marriage in tho "theatrical profession" at New York recently, tho contracting parties beingJohn W. Cofteo and Miss Gortlo Matt,who!e combined weight is 551 pounds,to which aggregate tho husband supplies but 50. Mr. Coffee is known to hisfriends and admirers as "the skeletondude."A r.r:rTK!! written by Judge Iluford,of tho Oklahoma supreme court, askingfor congressional relief was sent tocongress recently, He said that unlesscongress appropriated money to paytho actual expenses of the- judges ingoing about holding court in differentcounties thoyjwould bo reduced topenury, y' 'r TiiKUnllcd States consul-general atBerlin, In, a report to the state departmeril, stated that there was great unrest among tho agricultural classes inGormany, owtyig to tho depression ingrain prices. Ho also said that therewas an agitation in Europe, and especially in England, for somo legislationlike the Unite I States antl-option billto forbid trading In fictitious foodvalues, owing to tho harm it did bylowering prices of agricultural products.Tin: rumor is current at Paris thattho real reason for tho recent resignation of ex-1'resldent Casimir-l'erier wasdomestic ditllculties and his desiro tobegin divorce proceedings. Ho hasbeen married twenty-two years and hastwo children. Mine. Casimir-l'erier isregarded as one of the handsomest andbrightest women in Franco and haslong I eon a leader in society. She hasbeen far from extravagant and hasBecmingly been a great admirer of herhusband.Thk undertakers of Illinois, who recently held a session ut Galcsburg,discussed reforjus at funerals. Theyfavored a law creating a license forundertakers, and advocated makingfunerals less expensive in the matterof flowers and carriage hire, abolishing tho custom of showing the bodyafter tho service, of removing hats attho grave and having long remarksthat bimply harrow up tho feelings.They advocated more privacy atfunerals and less curiosity becking.One undertaker advised a faster gaitfor tho procession.Tm: largest sailing vessel In tho worldwill go to lialtimore, Mil., In Februaryto load her first cargo and begin herfirst voyage from that port. She willbprcad 10,003 squaro yards of canvas,and carry over 5,000 tons of coal to SanFrancisco, a voyage of 10,000 miles.The vessel is the transatlantic fourmasted bcrew steamer Persian Monarch, of the Wilson line, between NewYork "and London. Sho is now at Newport News, Va., being converted into afull-rigged four-masted sailing bhip.It will cost 875.000 to convert tho shipinto a balling vessel.A KOHTV-Foun page issue of thoCleveland (O.) Plain Dealer, writtenand edited solely by womon, was published on tho 24th. Tho first two papers were printed on bilk and werebeautifully embroidered, and were tobo sold to the highest bidder. Already81,000 has been bid for the first issue.There were articles upon fifty localtopics which had never been touchedupon before by tho dally papers. Eacharticle was Illustrated. Tho news cfthe day was handled exclusively byladies. The proceeds of the venturewere to bo given to a charitable instiIdblUJJ.Arsawvkmexti, have been practically1 )jrfecwsdtfor an International athletic1 lurnamwjito ,be hold at Travers lsl-id, N. Y., during tho coming summer.'J ",aras1 ihluticS, ic ub wlV 11 stlit, ofJ-.aras representing the New Yorkihletic club and .,ho Loudon Athleticub will compete Tho tournamentstimulate nthlotlc clubs in allthe country to renewed effortsfa , suluce men that will excol in runj ..njtJmjihitfhurdling, shot-putting,ilkKjr po! vaulting and other mildi -ad hjtUii'Hl&Mit-door sports. TheU.ferAia jBt has notyot been set.LdtW.wW jwbbly become a fixtureTSPfwNEWS OF THE WEEK.,'Gloanod By Telegraph and I&aiLrnitSON'AI. ANI roMTIOAI..Fkancois CintTAtN Canhoiikut, tholast Held marshal of France, died onthe 28th, after a long Illness, aged SOyears.Tiik statement was made by one oftho prominent labor leaders in thoUnited States that the position of president of tho Universal Labor union,which is now in process of organization, would bo tendorcd to Gov. JohnP. Altgeld, of Illinois, within a shorttime.PnKtfmn.vr Ci.kvki.am) sent a specialmessage to congress on tho 28th on thenecessity for prompt financial legislation. He reviewed the recent bond Issues and confessed his reluctance to issuing any more with no better resultsthan had lately followed that course,but he was anxious to meet every national obligation with tho strictesthonor.Tiikiik will be an Important meetingin Washington of men interested in thoarbitration bills now betoro congress.Chairman McCann of tho houso committee on labor, expected the chiefs oftho order of railroad conductors, firemen, trainmen, engineers nnd brakemen, to confer together nnd, with Attorney-GeneralOlney and Strike Commissioner Kornan, to appear beforetho committee on labor. It was understood that they favored tho Olney plan,and that tho members of tho strikecommission wore willing to accept that,with minor amendments, as a substitute for Wright's bill.It was reported in Colon that serioustrouble had occurred ir ihe interior.Troops had been sent to Gauca, thelargest of the departments of Colombia.TliK senate committee on privilegesand elections has voted that as tho 4thof March was so near, when tho termof Senator Martin, of Kansas, wouldexpire, it was inexpedient to give anyfurther hearings in tho case of Ally vb.Martin.Thk two houses of tho Arkansaslegislature balloted separately forUnited States senator on the 29th, nndJnmes II. Uerry, democrat, the presentineuinbcut, was chosen. Tho electionof Uerry was to bo declared in jointsession on the 30th.Tiik house labor committee hasagreed to report favorably the laborarbitration bill prepared by AttorneyGeneral Olney as amended at the instance of tho representatives of railroad employes who were in Washiug'ton. Tun btate department at Washingtonhas been Informed by our minister atMadrid that the Spanish senate hasplaced tho United States again in thomost favored nation column as toduties on imports into Cuba and PortoHlco. This restores tho customs ratesunder which tho United States has enjoyed a largo trade In Hour, breadstuffs, lard niid other products withthose countries.Tiik senato has ratified tho treatywith Japan. (Wr.l Hai Wra was captured by thoJapanese after two days' skirmishing.Tho Chinese bolted when tho actualassault was made. It Is stated thattheir loss was 2,000 men. It was reported that during tho fighting all theChinese men-of-war and ships in thoharbor sailed away uninjured.Tiurrepubliean caucus at Olympla,Wash., nominated Congressman JohnL. Wilson for United States bonator.Wilson received 44 votes; nccessar' toa choice, 41.Tiik twenty-seventh annual convention of the National American Woman'sSuffrago association was called to order at Atlanta, tin., on tho 31st by MissSusua 15 Anthony, its president. Thestage wab decorated with Hags ofthe national and btnte suffrage organizations and tho members of the convention all wore yellow badges. Hev.Anna Howard Shaw openod the proceedings with prayer. Tho roll of delegates was called by Miss Alice StoneBlaekwell, recording secretary, and amajority of tho states were found to borepresented.misci;luni:oi;s.Thk National Hoard of Trade, In boi.slon at Washington, adopted a reportrecommending in caso the present congress falls to pass legislation to relievethe present financial situation, thowholo thing be referred 1jy congressto a monetary commission. Resolutions were nlso adopted favoring thoenactment of a uniform trade marklaw; recommending that congress accord to tho interstate commerce commission such amendment of the laws asmay bebt promote the uilicleney of Itssupervision of railroads; and favoringthe adoption of an American bysfem ofnaval reserves.A lioir.Klt In tho Denver (Col.) Tramway Co.'s powerhouse exploded, killing two men outright and injuring anumber of others, ona of whom willdie. The exploded boiler Hew over 500feet and the force f, tho explosionwrecked tho entire, brilldlng, dajAuiying property valued at' 3100,000. -PThe house committee on commercehas ngrced upon a bill to punish trainwreckers and robbers with death incase any ono is killed, and with fromone to twenty years imprisonmentwhen no fatality attends the vreck orhold-up.It was reported ou the 29th thatmany congressmen believed gold wouldsoon bell at a premium, because thetreasury had only a few millions infree gold, tho great bulk of tho reservebeing in' bullion aud the mints couldonly coin about 81,500,000 a week.Mastku Wohkman Connelly madetho offer on behalf of tho Brooklyntrolley strikers to tho railway officialsto return to work upon the termswhich they were working for whentho men went out, President Lewisreplied that tho men would bo givenemployment on thoso terms where therewere vacancies to be filled, but that hewould in no case discharge now mento make vacancies for tho old. Twodisturbers were shot on the 28th, oneseriously, and thcro was a good deal ofIpettY rioting.Thk bodies of Mrs. Vcronla Muslat.aged CO years, and hor sou, KoinnnPrcbcro, 20 ycarsold, Polos, were foundfrosou in their beds In a small farmhouse at Strongsvlllo, O., recently.Thoj hnd been dead three or four daysand the remnants of a charcoal tiro innnopen furnace in their room Indicatedthat they had teen suffocated.At Philadelphia a eat knocked ' vora burning lamp in tho houso of C(5trndZlndllnger and it was burned. .Mrs.Zindllnger on getting out of tho nmisofound that her twin children, nld 1rear, were loft bohlnd aud sho ruf hodback for tlicm nnd all three . ereburned to death. jmll.vuitm Stkvknso.v, colored, lu-ashanged at Dawson, Ga., for tin murderof .1. G. Wells, white, last year. Allthe testimony was circumstantial, lieprotested his innocence on tho gallowsaiid begjred the sheriff to discover thoreal murderer and bring him to justice.Tin: officials of tho North GermanLloyd say there were 331 persons onboard the Elbe, which was sunk throughn collision with another steamship offthe coast of England, of whom twoutywcro known to bo saved, making atotal of 314 persons drowned.Tub Denver, Col., Kocky MountainNowb published a dispatch from Gen,J. It. Weaver saying that as the president had Ignored silver nnd roitoratedhis purpose to force upon the peoplethe single gold standard and had calledfor tho destruction of tho greenbacksnnd the issue of gold bonds, tho peoploin all sections of tho country ought tounite in opposition to the scheme andmeet tho Issue presented.In order to go on witli tho trolleystrike at Brooklyn Master WorkmanConnelly has decided to Issuo bonds ontho credit of his organization to thoamount of 8100,000. The denominations will bo small. Now York tradesmen have offered to accept tho notesfor provision-) in lieu of money.Tiik Japanese licet made an attackon Woi-Hai-Wcl on the 20th and thoChinese fleet and shore batteries openedfire and repulsed them. At tho samotime tho Japanese mado a land attackon tho same placo which was also repelled by tho Chinese. Tho Japaneselosses amounted -to more than 300killed and wounded. Several foreigners were said to bo assisting tho Chinese. Tin: question of holding institutes intho-west for the henofltof teachers andothers in the Indian scrvlco was recently under consideration at tho Indianbureau.It was reported that Cherokee 15111,the notorious negro Cherokee outlaw,was captured on tho 30th near Nowata,I. T.Vigo Andkhson, solo flute player oiTheodore Thomas' orchestra nnd oneof tho noted men in his profesi ion,gave a muslcalo to his friends at hlihome In Chicago and then killed himself before his guests and at tho feetof a young woman, to whom ho wassaid to have been engaged.Tiik United States assistant attorney'general has decided that the schemefrequently resorted to by merchants ofoffering to eacli purchaser of a. designated value of goods a numberedcheck and giving a prize to tho partyholding a certain ono constitutes a lottery. David Hampton, who cut tho throatof Mrs. Aherns, a woman of 70, androbbed her of her money, was electrocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y., on tho 28th.Tin: Chicago board of tradu marketswere wildly excited on the 29th andmado a sensational decline affected byheavy soiling under the Iniluenee oftho gold exports scare'and tho strainedfinancial conditions. Cash wheat wentbelow all former records and wab worthonly l'J cents a lushel.tiii; i..vri:sr.Washington, Feb. 2. The personalencounter between Mr. l!reckenrld,'oof Kentucky, vt ho figure! In the notorious breach of promise suit lustsummer, ami Mr. Heard of Missouri,who has been a member of the housofor ten ycais, overshadowed In Importance all elho that occurred in thohouse yesterday and was almost thoonly theme of conversation. Thcrowas i, lenso excitement when thettgentlemen came to b ows In the centerof the aisle. For three or four minutes there was a wild sci amble whichresembled a football rush, while alltho members of the houso crowded Into the aibles and wildest confusionreigned.Toi-EKA, Kan., Feb. 2. Yesterdayafternoon the state board of railroadcommissloncis was named by tho executive council. Tho new commissioners aro J. M. Simpson, of McPherson,Joseph W. Low c, of Washington, Samuel T. Howe, of Topeka. Lowo is thodemocratic member and tho other twoare republicans. Simpson la electedfor a term of three year, Lowe for twoyears and Howe for a term of ono year.Lkavknwouth, Kan., Feb. 2. At2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon aspecial Santa Fo train steamed out ofTopekq for Leavenworth, the home ofUnited States Senator-elect Hake,witli nearly 300 people aboard, including Governor Morrill, wife and daughter, tho members of tho houto andsenate and their ladies, the stateofficers and their, ladles and tho correspondents of the. dally sapors Inthe legislature. ThoNccaslon of I hisjoyful event was the banquet tenderedby the citizens of Leavenworth, tt thelegislature of Kansas in honor of theelection of their townsman, LuclcnBaker to the United States senate.AunoitA, Mo., Feb. 2. Uev. HudEllis, pastor of the Methodist churchat Clay Hill, bouth of this city, sliof,and killed his wife, little 7-yeur oltj1daughter and himself yesterday. Ellliand his wife had some words about jtrade he was going to make, when lijdrew his revolver and shotIlls wintwice in tho neck. Ho then bhot hi,. 1.1llttlo girl three times. Ho reloadedhis revolver and wont to tho house This brother, thiee miles distant aninto a bedroom, placing tho revolveto his breast, ho fired, the ball penttrating hla heart.LEGISLATURE NEWS.Mil IntroiliKjf Ijto Cronto tlio Oillpu. 4,ot'XJii.tjj Attorney.llesnliitlnn to President t:ivi"luml--lllllInlroilurril Croutlni; Olllrn or CiittloInspector nml Drllnliik' DutlmTlio Ofiiiilj-Ciiutsoii Content.l'ltOCKKIHNOS HKVKNTI-.KNTH DAY.Senator Doom's contempt bill waspassed in tho afternoon iu tho counciland Senator Sco't's bill providing thatcivil cases be tried the same term ofthe district court that they are enteredfor Issue, was umli-r consideration intho committee of the wholo.Tho houso passed House Bill No. 24providing for tlio duties of road overbeers, tho method of procvedure, andthe punishment for non performuueoof their duties.l'ilOCKKDINOS KIOHTKKNTII DAY.Senator Hay introduced a bill In thocouncil which proposes to create thooffice of district attorney in each judicial district to .ssist tltu. county attorney in criminal prosecutions. Thebill provides that each district attorneybl.all receivo 82,000 a year. There arefive such districtsThe council was in tho commltteorooms most of the day and did not Introduce any bills of importance.Tlio houso considered House Bill No.37 In tho commltteo of tho whole Itprovides that county commissionerswhero thcro is no court house builtfurnish quarters for the county officialsand ono flro proof safo vault for thosafe keeping of records.The Gandy-Coulson contest was tohave been up today but on account ofthe absence of Mr. Cousou who waskept at homo by tho snow blockade Itwas postponed.1'ItOCEKDlNOS NI.NETHKNTH DAYHouse Bill No. 41, introduced by Mr.Nesbltt, by request, is entitled "Anact pertaining to animals and to crcntothe ofllco of county Inspector of hidesand animals and proscribing the dutiesthereof." Tho bill piovhles that thoinspector hhall receive five cents a headfor all cattle inspected up to onobundled, nnd three cents ahead forall over one hundred. 'Tho owners of cattle aro required toregister them with tho Inspector, andho Is required to keep a description ofthem and if branded the kind ofbrand, and n butcher must when hekills any, shin them, hide, hoofs nndhorns, and keep tho said hldo at leastfive days tor tho Inspector to compaiewith his record.This bill 1i its operation would require moie attention on tho part of thofarmer than all other intcicbts combined. A resolution was introduced addiessed to President Cleveland, by Mr.Boycr, declaring that tho issuance ofmore bonds was not for tho beft interests of tho people, as advised in hismessage, and Dclegalo Flynn was instructed to present tho bamo to 'thopresident. Tho resolution was tabled.Bills were passed by both houseslegalizing tho orgnnlntlon of tlioc'tiesof Hcnnessoy and Edinond. Eachhad a defect that it was necessary tohao remedied by such nn act in orderto secure title to property.Tho council passed a bill providedfor the punishment of those wearingfalse badges of beciet societies. J wasintroduced by Senator Oiner.The matter of tho contract with private parties to have the insane kept ata sanitarium at Norman was broughtup and had a hot discussion. SenatorBoles declared that the contract shouldnot bo confirmed by the legislatureuntil nil the facts connected with itwcro known, as it involved tho bum ofporhaps 8300,000 yearly.A bill introduced by Senator Proutyprovided that iu all public placesw'-ero a soldier Is competent to fill theoffice he shall be given preference.1'ltOCKKDINOB TWUN'IIKTII DAY,The council decided by a vote of 8 toi that George II, Coulson was not el'glbio to his beat. The matter of the contest came up in the council as a specialorder of business upon the report ofthe committee having charge of thecontest. The commltteo reported fourseparate reports, two majority nndtwo minority. The first mnjority report signed by Hay, Fegan, Orner andProuty, recites that Mr. Gandy did notreceive the plurality ofytho vote of hisdistrict for councillor; tho secondsigned by Hay, Allen and Fegan thatMr. Coulson at the time of the electionwas uot ellglblo to a seat in the Oklahoma legislature for the reason thatho was at that time a mcmbe- of theKansas legislature. Tho first minorityi eport, signed by Prouty nnd Ornor,lecltcsthat Gandy is entitled to hisseat and tho second, signed by Alios,that Coulson is entitled to his seat.RV5llTl. TrnublnTlAkelr to Follow.A Cross ftfopatch sayb: J. W. Lynchwliofto pV-?'t$to portion of Poncaivcrut 'Yal been assailed in thoTo t!w VjitltScourt on tlio rround oftonne, 'tm aSfifi-aiid. Satm-dnv Ktnnr.ii1, . VTrl ... ... ...IV .w...,e oi tlio cuitors oi tlioVoiica City -mahawk, on tho streetI unVitrwU i-Jlra when Shaver pulled' Ills ,7 111 K nnflaMG , ill. txncin to.1 ha...ulg.Vby Jrtandcrs. Lynch rushed(Ub Bertyiwloon and asked for aruH .Koaj'nefusodHEAVY TRAIN ROBBERY.A Southern l'nrlflc l?xirrn Train llrlit l)ami KiiIiIkmI of (?A,UO In Arlronn.DKNvr.li, Col , Fob. 1.--A special fromPhounlx, Ariz,, says: Tho SouthernPacific westbound train No. 20 was heldup tl miles this- sido of Wilcox Wednesday night at 8:35 by a party of maskedmen. They separated tho express catfrom the train, hauled it 5 miles west,and putting six shots of dynamite ontho through safe blow It wide open. Itcontained 810,000 in Mexican silver,which was removed. Tlio trail of therobbers vt ns marked yestorday morning by a profuse hcaltorlnir in tho Sulphur Springs valley of tho Mexicandollars.Besides tho S10.0C0 In Mexican monoy,tliero was n good deal of coin on thetrain which had been sent to pay therailroad employes along tho line, andthis was also carried off by the robbers, who rodo away In a southerly direction. Grant Wheoler, a well knownArizona desperado, who Is believed tobo tlio fifth member of tlio bandits'party, purchased a quantity of gianlpowdor in Wilcox on the tiny precedingtho robbery. Tho a Southern Pacificcompany and Wclls-Fargo Express Co.offer a joint reward of 8500 for each oltho' robbers.The robbers left sovcral bags of goldand silver in and about tho car, notcaring to take it on account of itswijlglit. All aro tl.ojght to haveescaped to Mexico. Tho passengers ontlio train woro greatly terrified fotseveral hours. The loss Is wild to bebetween 850,000 and 875,000.MOTHER AND TWINS PERISHA Ca-.Stnrtnu Firn In l'tillmlrlnhln WliMCntipn Tlirne Dimllift.Piiii.ADKi.i'iiiA, Fob. 1. In tho houseof Conrad Zlndltnger, early this mornIng, a houso cat jumped on a tablo audupset n burning lamp. Tho burningoil fired the carpet, and tho flamcispread rapidly. Four of tho children ran screaming out into tho btrcotand ore boy shouted up the stainfor his parents. The fathor awoko,but was too dazed to know what hadhapponcd and began to throw tho furniture out of tho window. PolicemanSmith tried to send in an alarm Irom abox near the scone of tho fire, but Itcould not bo opened, and when tho fireengines did arrive Humes wcro bursting out of the Moors and windows.Mrs. indllngur, in tho meantime, hadleft the houso, but was horrified tcfind that her twin childrdu, aged 1year, had not been taken fyut. Slitrush back up tho smkolpiledtairwajanil was ton ml with not children afow minutes later. Tho m remon werecompelled to cut a hole ins tho roof laorder to get tho bodies ou$BACK TOITAY.Itullnns to Kuilcrato from IjOuUtnnii BiljrmI'liintiitlonii.Ni:w Oki.kanh, Feb. 1. Tho steamship Monte Hello leaves hero to-dajfor Palermo, Italy, with over 501Italians aboard, who aro returning tItaly to permanently reside. Most otthem camo to Louisiana to pernia.nently locato hero and went to worlon tho sugar plantations. The repea.of tho bounty law, which has been followed by a cut In wages and a reduction in tho number of hands employedhas thrown most of the Italians out o!employment, and they have determined to return homo or emigrate tcother countries. A general feeling otunrest provatls among tlio Italians olLouisiana, and it is expected that sovcral thousand of them will emigrateduring tho next few weeks. About 400Now Orleans Italians hnvo also roturned homo by way of New York.A MONETARY COMMISSION.ltrcommoniliittonii Mudo by the Nation:itnurit ot Truilo.Wabhinoton, Fob. 1. The NationalBoard of Trade adopted tho report otho finance commltteo recommendingin case tlio present congress falls tpasb legislation to roliovo tho preson'financial situation, tho whole thing hireferred by congress to a monqtarjcommission. Resolutions wcro alstadopted favoring the enactmontof a uniform trado mark lawrecommending that congrebs nccorcto tho Interstate commerce coin in Iision such amendment of the lawias may best promote tho cfllciencjof its supervision of railroads; and favorlng tho adoption of an Amcricar;bystcm of naval rcservos.Look I.Ike War.City ok Mkxico, Mex., Feb. 1. It itrumored that somo kind of definite anuouncement will bo made to-day bjMexico. Although matters arc quicit would not be surprising should I'provo to bo a declaration of war. It itreported that the government is conscripting men in different sections othe country. Part of the commissardepartment of tho Twonty-flrst reglment was at the depot of tho InterOceanic road yesterday awaiting transportatlon. It is said that this and twtother regiments will go to tho frontiorwithin a fow days.Weaver' llrlef Manifesto.Dkxvku, Cob, Fob. 1. Tho RockjMountain News to-day publishes tinfollowing dispatch from Gen. J. 15,Weaver:Couscil Ilr.urrs. la , Jun. 3a Tbo presldent hn defiantly Ignored nilvcr and reltcratod his purpose to force upon tho people tinhIdkIo sold utandard and ha callei for the destruction of the Kroenuaok and the Issuo agold bond and pleadt with controls ta enlarglthe power ot the national banks. Now let thtpeople of all sections unite in opposition to thliheartless kcheme and meet, lllce men, tho tisuipresented. There oan bo no furthor exsuse foidivision anions tho people. J. II. V.'aveu.Fot of flolil Dug Up.GI1KKNV1I.I.K, Miss., Feb. 1. A pot ogold containing 830,000 in coin was dugup by Mr. Pesso Drow, a bawmllowner, near Hollondale, 30 miles frontGreenville. It Is supposed to havbeen buried thero by Cant. Banfield,during tho lato war.Woman bufTrucliU Meet.Atlanta, Go., Feb. 1. Tho twentyLeventh annual convention of the Notlonal American Woman'b Suffrageassociation was called to order In theopera houso by Miss Susan H. Anthony,its president. Tho hall was comfortably filled with delegates and visitorAN OCEAN HORROR.North Gormn.n Lloyd Stoivmor Sunkin n. Collision.trr Three Hundred I'rrxnn tin Downwith tlm lll-1'nti-il WmcI SIciiiiinKiiKiilfhiMl In Twrnty MlniitrsAfter llplng Struck.London, Jan. 31. Tho North GormanLloyd steamship IClbe, bound fromBremen for New York, was sunk In ncollision with tho British steamerCrathlo fifty miles off Lowestoft earlyyesterday morning. Sho carried 380Fouls. Hut twenty-ono survivors havobeen landed, but n fow others maystill be afloat in one of tho ship's smallboats.From tho details now at hand it lalearned tho Hlbo was proceeding alongat her usual rate of spcod and keepingtho ordinary lookouts. Tho night wasdark, but tliero was no galo. Suddenly tho forward lookout on the rilbo reported to tho officer on deck that thelights of a steamer were close aboardover tho port bow. Before tho courseof tho Klbo could bo changed so as tosheer her off from tho approachingsteamer tho latter struck her justabout tho engine room, going throughher plates as though they wcro pasteboard and slicking her nose almostcompletely through tho hull ot theKibe. For a time she hold the El bo onher nose, but then her engines woro reversed aud sho backed out of tho aperture sho had made. As sho did sotho water rushed Into tho Elbo'ln atorrent nnd sho began immediately tosottle. Tho officer in cliargo of theship at o.i co saw she was doomed andgave hurried orders to clear away thelife boats for launching. Three ot theboats woro cleared and lowered but oneof them Bhortly after It got clear of thesteamer, capsized and It is thought thatnil occupants wero drowned. Tho firstboat contained tlio third officer, chiefengineer, purser and about twenty oftho passengers. Thoy wcro picked upby a fishing smack and taken to Lowestoft. From tho survivors it is learned thatas soon as tho Crathlo backed awayfrom tho Klbo, tho in-rushing waterflooded tho aft of tho engine room saquickly that nobody bolow decks inthat part of tho ship had an opportunity to escape. Tho shock of tho colliblon was comparatively ellght in viewof tho damage done, but this is explained by tho fact that It was a directcutting blow. Nearly all tho passengers wero asleep at tho time, but manyof them wero awakened by tho shock,slight as it vas. Thoy could hear therush of tho rapid inflowing water nndwith crlcrf of terror sought to maketheir way to tho upper deck. Thesteamer being loaded by tho Btcrn,water naturally rushed aft, and thljallowed many of tho passengers forward to reach tho deck.In the case of tho baloon passengers,howovcr, tho result was fatal. As theyrushed from their stato rooms into thosaloon thoy woro caught by tho torrent,against which It was impossible foithem, to mnice headway. Thoy werocaught u) and swept aft toward thocock pit, whoro thoy wcro drowned boforo tho ship foundered. Altogether,about fifty of tho passengers reachedtho deck whero tho wildest confusionexisted. Wild rushes wcro mado fortho boats, but tho torrlblo excitementprevailing impeded tlio efforts of thosewho wero trying .to clear thorn away.Many heart-rending scenes wero wit-nesbod between parents and childrenin tho fow moments preceding the sinking of tho vessel. -tTliero is bomo disagreement amongtlio survivors as to tho number ofboats that were launched. Ono survivor, Karl A. Hoffman, declares thatonly two boats wero launched. Oue olthese was swamped instantly, and onlyono of its occupants, a girl namedAnna Boecker, who was bound forSouthampton, was rescued. Sho clungto a piece of wreckage which shegiasped so tightly that it was onh;with difficulty that sho was druggedinto tho second bo.it She was just returning from tho death bed of herfather and mother.Meanwhile tho cry was raised on thedoomed vessel for the women and children to go over to tho other sido ot thesteamer away from tho port sido, inwhich was tho great gaping hole causedby tho Crathle. Tho half-faintingwomen nnd terror-stricken childrenhurried to tho btarboard side, but thoyhad bcarcely reached tho boats whentho huge vessol lifted her bows high intlio air and then slowly and silentlybauk, stern ''oremost, beneath thewavos, taking with her her humanfreight. Barely twenty minutes elapsedbetween the collision and tho sinkingof tho steamer. A heavy sea was running and the wind, which was fromtho east southeast, was bitterly cold.Tho small boat containing tho survivors tossed about until 11 o'clock Intho morning. Several vessols wcrosighted in tho meantime, but theymado no replies to tho signals thatwcro bet for them. Tlio survivors weronearly frozen, having hardly anyclothing, and their sufferings wero intense. Hventually tho fishing smackWild Flower saw tho signals and boradown on the boat. In a short tlmo thesurvivors were taken aboard of her.Mr. Karl Hoffman, Anna Hoffmanand Henry Hoffman, of Grand Island,Neb., wcro among tho cabin passengers. Mr. Karl Hoffman is among thosurvivors, but his wifo aud sou wcrolost.Distribution of t'u-Operatlto Kiirnlngs.Hf.KHAltT. Ind., Jjiu. 31. Tho uniqueinnovation was witnessed last night ottho public distribution of 815,000 to thooperatives of the manufactory ot Congressman Charles Glrard Conn. Mr.Conn, who Is now the proprietor of thoWashington Times, successfully established his factory on tho co-oporativoplan In 1S91, and each year Jm witnessed an lncrcat.o of profits. Lustnight 2,000 porsons tilled tho Hucltlenopera houso and lustily cheered thoname of Mr. Conn. Letters of regretwero received from a number of congressmen and United States senator?CCNQRESS.ConIrncd FrnrcrrflnirN of the Bcnnte nnd) "llniMn. 'IN tho senato on the 23th tho revrtatlon ofMr. Mitchell calling for detailed Informationat to tho amount of nugnr bounty clnftns wasns;rced to nnd tho Hawaiian question camo np.Mr. Allen (Nob ) addressed thn senntft Mr.MI1U (Tex.) also spoke on tho question. Hoarraigned tho sugar Interest as tho cauo of alltho trouble nnd defended tho courso of the administration In tho matter. He characterizedtho sugar trust a mora powerful than the government of tho Islands. Tho Nicaragua canalbill was further discusiod und about 8 o'clockpasted by tho dedstvo vote ot 3t yeas to SInays. It guarantees tho bond ot the companyto tho nmount of ITO.OOO.OW, the government ottho Unltod States tnMnsj n flrst-llon on Ml thoproperty of the company ns security... Thohouso, after further debate, passed tho sundrycivil bill. It carries trajiVTil. Two propositions wore olTcrod respectively by Mr. Sayorsand Mr. Coombs, the former's to giro tho socrotarv of tho treasury power to Issue bonds ofsuch dimensions ns ho should see lit instead of-s at prcsent.nnd tho latter' to rcttro nad canceltho gold ccrtltlcatct nnd mako them non-ro-rclvablo for customs dues after JMyl neit,furnished tho principal theme of dlnennslon.Mr. Saycrs' proposition was defeated, whilethat of Mr. Coombs wns carrlod without division. Tho majority report In tho Judge Hlckenso, rofuslng to profor charges, was presented,and Mr. llatlcy (Tex ) rccolvcd permission topresent n minority roport.Tiik senato furthor continued the Hawaiiandebate on tho :3th. Senator Lodge replied totho remarks of Senator Mills, denying thochnrgo mado that Now Kngland held Hawaiianbonds. Senator Fryo followed In n very severeopech, also declaring the charge untrue. Atthe conclusion ot tho debate a vote was taken.Tbo policy of tho administration was sustained:tiy a voto of 21 yeas tc E! nays. Mr. Pcttlcrowvoting with tho democrats and 1'cffer with tharepublicans. After deciding toglvo tho bankruptcy bill tho right of way tho senato adjourned ...After routine business tho housowent Into commltteo of tho wholo to considertho bill repealing that part of the tariff bill of1891 In regard to differentials on sugars Imported from bounty paying countries. Tho 'debatecontinued until after B o'clock when the houseadjourned.THEitB wns a small attendance In tho senato until noon on tho I8th, but when It wasannounced that a special message on tbo financial situation would bo sont In by the president vacant scats wcro soon occupied nnd thogalleries filled. At noon tho message was rocolvod and tho closest attention given to Itsreading. Tho message was refcrrod to tboflnnnco committee, nnd the senate then considered tho houso bill (with eenuto amendments) disapproving tho agreement with thoSouthern Uta, Indians, providing for removalfrom Colorado to Utah and locating others inNow Mexico. Tho bill finally passed ...Soonafter the houso met the president's mossagowns read and referred to tho banking commltteo. Mr. Springer presented what was knownas tho ndmtnlstratlon currency bill, whichwent to tho samo coaadttoo. Tho house thon.In commltteo ot tho wholo, furthor consideredtho sugar differential bill, pending which thohouso adjourned.In tho senate, on tho 29th Mr. Mandorson offered a resolution directing the flnnnco committee to report a bill for tho. relief ot tho atreasury. The resolution ombodted tho requirements of such bill. It looks to n compromise mcasuro on tho administration plan.In presenting the resolution Mr. Mandersoaspoko In favor ot compromlso and concessionon the part ot senators In order to meet the re-''qulrcmonts ot tho treasury. Mr. Tollerpromptly replied that no uoh -iBefiMUs)pass tho nrescnt rnnirrnnsT ifWitnrIVl- . .... ' . ." -i. . 7 1- rr.'-apasscn, ana ma remainaer e3The house engaged In a losrtt!It'.ng riobaUi on the pending differential '9bill. General dobato on tho bill then closedand, tho moasuro was further discussed tindertho Hvo-inlnuta rulo and tho bill finally passedyeas, CM: nays, 31 and at 5:35 o'clock thohouse adjournod.An animated discussion of tho financial situation took placo In the senato on tho 30th. Mr.Cullom presented dispatches from Chicagobankors urging tho adoption of tho president's!suggestions, and Mr. Vest presented similarpetitions from tho St. Louis chamber of commerce, which, ho Raid, did not represent thosentiments of tho people of Missouri or thecountry on tho financial situation. Mr. Vestdeclared against tho policy of tho presidentand declared ho would never voto to Issuo bondsto securo gold and place tho country on a singlestandard. Ho did not bellvo tho llnnnco commltteo would ugrco upon any measure to report,to tbo senato, but party fealty would never leadhim to vote to fix tho gold standard upon thocountry. Mr. Sherman spokn for the first timeon tho financial question. "Wo havo reachedtho point," he said, "whero wo aro being toldthat no relief will bo glvon the country unlesswo oonccdo tho f reo coinage ot stiver," lie bollovod such a concession would bo disastrous.If thcro was to bo a cholco ho believed In takingthat metal recognized by tho world as the best,but ho did not believe such a choice Imperative Ho still bolloved that both mctnU couldbo used. Other senators took part In the discussion and regular routlno business followod.....The houso considered all day the bill tofund the debt due the government from. thoUnion l'ucltlo and Kansas PaclUo roads with3-per-cont. fifty-year bonds.While the senato was wearily consideringtho District of Columbia bill on tho 31st, thecondition of the treasury was suddenly sprungLy Mr. Gorman In a vigorous speech In which 1ho charged that tbo secretary of tho treasurywas keeping back tho truo condition of affairsand ho defended the senato from tho chargo3made of Its Inefficiency or unwillingness to dosomething to furnish relief. The result wastbo adoption of several resolutions calling- ontho secretary for full Information as to- thocondition ot tbo treasury, nnd what legislation Is necessary to relief e It... -The house devoted six hours to debato on tho Facitlo railroad funding bill and It was. still unr consideration at adjournment.The lienstly Urautlful Came Dw.Poto Amsterdam! You look as if yohad tho blues. What's, tho matterwith you, anyhow?Johnnie Malier I've-got good reasonto feel blue."What havo you been doing?""Well, you know that for Boveralyears past wo'vo not had any sleighing worth speaking of in Now York.""Yes, there was hardly any snow.""WolU thinking It would bo thatway this year I invited live youngladles to whom 1 am engaged to gosleigh riding. And tho hlro of a horsonnd sleigh Is flvo dollars every time.Well, If I mysteriously disappear untilnext spring you needn't bo surprised.I never was in such a hideous fix In alluir natural llfo." Texas Sittings.Wide for the Mark.Dusty Rhodes I've been a prisonerIn a box car all tho -way from Omahato Now York,Fits William Why didn't you getout at a transfer station? r.Dusty Khodos Door shrunk; "carloaded with dried apples and exportbeer. N. Y. World.Some Caution Neceisary.First Hurglar Everything is fixed.You an' mo Is to enter tho houso an'bvlng out the things, and Hill an' Jimwill bo on the outside, with four or llvowagons to loud 'cm In.Second Hurglar (doubtfully) Batteruot pet moro'n four wtigous. I'mafraid flvo might attract tho attentionof tho pcrllce. X. Y." Weekly,.t-ho Couldn't lie lllaiueU."Wero you surprised wha Charleyi&ked you to be his wife?" '"Surprised Is no nam for U. Wky,Hollo, I never gave UUs any "irovoUon." Judge, ""$ifllvv